Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim. <br/><br/>
Theoretical nursing  development and progress /  [[Book] :] 
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - Philadelphia :  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,  2007. 
 - xix, 807 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes Index 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Positioning for the journey -- On being and becoming a scholar -- Theory: metaphors, symbols, definitions -- From can't to Kant: barriers and forces toward theoretical thinking -- On the way to theoretical nursing: stages and milestones -- Nursing theory: mirror, microscope, or telescope -- Theory development: sources, resources, and paradoxes -- Strategies for concept development -- Strategies for theory development -- Developing middle range and situation-specific theories: exemplars -- A model for evaluation of theories: description, analysis, critique, testing, and support -- On nursing clients -- On interactions -- On human being-environment interactions -- On nursing therapeutics -- The discipline of nursing: a perspective, a domain, and definitions -- Our syntax: an epistemological analysis -- Development and progress: theories and challenges -- Historical writings in theory -- Historical and current theory bibliography. 
<br/><br/> All age. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0781736730  9780781736732 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006010334 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101272732  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing--Philosophy.<br/>Nursing Theory.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT84.5  / .M45 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.7301 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WY 86  / MT 2006 I-148